Re: stepping down as project manager

[David Kastrup]

Hans Aberg <address@hidden> writes:

> On 14 Oct 2012, at 10:51, David Kastrup wrote:
>
>> Hans Aberg <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>>> On 12 Oct 2012, at 09:01, Graham Percival wrote:
>>> 
>>>> ...  After I'm finished my phd, I'll do the thing
>>>> which every computer science student should do at least once in
>>>> their life: I'll make my own language.  I'm not comfortable with
>>>> the level of abstractions that lilypond offers.  Just like
>>>> different programming languages make it easier (or harder) to
>>>> write certain types of programs, a different sheet music language
>>>> would make it easier to express the type of music that I write.
>>>> I'll write a python script which transforms a text file into a .ly
>>>> file.  
>>> 
>>> One idea is to first Guile style library for Lilypond, and then write
>>> a new, more statically typed language on top of that. Have you thought
>>> about that?
>> 
>> It would seem that your first sentence has been written in a new
>> language already.  Perhaps you should explain this in English first for
>> the sake of bootstrapping this discussion?
>
> Just a Lilypond library with a C/C++ header which allows object to be
> called directly, as in Guile. This then admits writing a language
> calling this.

What would be the input with which to call?

-- 
David Kastrup